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For the Mod Baby

These retro fabrics are ideal for fun-loving people of all ages...but since I have a new baby nephew and another nephew on the way, I have nurseries on the brain.You know the modern baby just looooooves contrast-y black and white [...]

Categories: Fab Finds|

Darjeeling Limited

Last night I watched the eye candy that is The Darjeeling Limited. Any fan of Wes Anderson's movies knows to expect quirky characters and two hours of luscious color on film.It's always so visually inspiring to watch Anderson's films. Makes [...]

Entry Makeover

Simple changes will often yield great results, as was the case with this entry makeover. BEFORE Pretty bare, no? AFTER Silk curtain panels on the French doors hide exercise equipment from view and coordinate with new artwork on entry walls. [...]

Things I Lust After

Have seen a lot of new merch in the stores and in catalogs this week. Here's a little rundown on the things that made me go, hmmmm:TARGETLove these little real-wood tables, both around $90 ea.Every year Target has this influx [...]

New Home Shows

I'm so excited to discover that Genevieve Gorder, (from old-school Trading Spaces days) has a new show premiering on HGTV on New Year's Day, right after the Rose Parade. I always enjoyed her on Trading Spaces because she started her [...]

Categories: Design Star, TV|

Scrooge Goes Postal

My apologies to the 90 or so Room Fu clients whose holiday postcards were returned to me recently. Reason? "Sender address needs to be on top left corner."On a postcard?This is just wrong on so many levels:A bazillion similarly-inadequate postcards [...]

Categories: Seasonal|

The Real Santa

Phoebe's First Christmas, 2005 Banish those memories of Bad Santas Past. The real Santa is hanging out at Barton Creek Mall. This Santa is so authentic-looking, I've refused to take Phoebe anywhere else for the past 4 Christmases when it [...]

Categories: Seasonal|

Makeover in Progress

I'm so excited about how this makeover at Lee Kirgan's photography studio is coming along! We still have to place art, but I thought I'd share a few snapshots I took yesterday... We had a blank slate of beige walls and [...]

ReadyMade

Discovered some cool stuff in this issue of ReadyMade...No more worries over lost baby mittens!These simple ceramics by rae dunn make me smile.Party dress platter.Knock on wood plate.

A Boost of Color

Today's client has a beautiful display area in her dining room and fabulous color on the walls...but the plethora of clear glass in the built-ins isn't creating the impact the space is capable of. BEFOREAFTER I gathered a ton of bright-colored [...]